Re: Help with X (after upgrade to Woody)

2001-11-27 Thread Ax
X. When it crashes, look at what it displayed upon startup, lines beginning with (EE) are of interest. Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#36624092 http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~ax There's long way from statue to liberty... [Hobit - Ants]

Re: ext2 file too big...

2001-11-27 Thread Ax
once, got rid of it by tarring empty file over it, effectively truncating it to sensible size: touch /tmp/something; tar cf /var/lib/mailman/data /tmp/something Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#36624092 http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~ax There's long wa

Re: Radeon 7500 XFree86 support.

2001-11-30 Thread Ax
t alot and glxgears gives ~100 fps (Athlon 1000). Is that accelerated? No ;( glxgears gives me more than 800 fps with Radeon GE and Athlon 1200 Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~ax There's long way from statue to liberty... [Hobit - Ants]

Re: backup vs package manager

2001-12-04 Thread Ax
...? And before backup do something like dpkg --get-selections >/home/backup/packagelist (and maybe backup /etc too...?) Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~ax There's long way from statue to liberty... [Hobit - Ants]

Re: backup vs package manager

2001-12-05 Thread Ax
( given that I got the right selection > > to start with ) ? > > Yes. > >dpkg --get-selections > file # save package settings. >dpkg --set-selections < file # set package settings. No ;-) it wont deselect packages. Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL

Re: program balks at 3.9GB file

2001-12-10 Thread Ax
Dne ne 9. prosinec 2001 01:50 Karsten M. Self napsal(a): > Easy to test: > > $ dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1024 count=420 > > Fails on my sysstem: Works on sid ;) Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://atrey.karlin.

Re: Re:_spurious_8259A_interrupt:_IRQ7_??

2001-12-13 Thread Ax
259A interrupt: IRQ7 > > > >I also have the same predicament, though when I checked the archives, > >they said that this is normal, and doesn't cause any damage to your > >system. > > > >Is there any way to prevent this from echoing? > > Can anyone ven

Re: ATI Radeon - driver?

2001-12-17 Thread Ax
Dne po 17. prosinec 2001 00:18 Mike Kuhar napsal(a): > Hi All, > > I know the driver in X for the ATI Rage series of cards is r128. What > is the driver used for the ATI Radeom? ati, at least in Xfree 4.1.x Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMA

Re: KDE 3.0beta in sid ?

2001-12-21 Thread Ax
Dne čt 20. prosinec 2001 16:28 Meir Kriheli napsal(a): > Is KDE 3.0beta going to be packaged for sid ? > > Or should we build them ourself ? there is debian-kde@lists.debian.org mailng list, look in archives and see ;) Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Best choice for video card

2001-11-15 Thread Ax
> > > Nate suggests that the nvidia works if you compile your own kernel, > and that the Matrox G400 and voodoo 3000/3500 are quite stable. I have ati Radeon, never had any problems. Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#36624092 http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~ax There's long way from statue to liberty... [Hobit - Ants]

Re: postfix dependancies

2002-01-08 Thread Ax
il-transport-agent, and have dependencies set so you can have only one mail-transport-agent installed at one time. So no problem here, and all above mentioned packages will work with postfix. Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://atrey.karlin.mff.c

Re: Getting modules loaded automaticly at boot.

2002-01-08 Thread Ax
boot time. > > I've looked at the update-modules man page, and I still don't understand > how to acomplish this. > > How can I get this module loaded at boot time? /etc/modules Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://atre

Re: postfix dependancies

2002-01-09 Thread Ax
Dne st 9. leden 2002 09:19 Dougie Nisbet napsal(a): > Ah, I understand now. Is there anyway to examine dependancies without > using apt-get install? dselect Ax -- Vaclav Hula [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~ax There'

Re: SAMBA: Help!!

1998-09-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, bmorgan wrote: > This is a reposting of a previous message. I'm starting to get > desperate. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > I'm having trouble connecting to my debian machine from my windows > machine using samba. I've successfully done this before, but now I've

Re: X server problems

1998-09-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Braden N. McDaniel wrote: > I've just installed Debian 2.0. While I have some rather superficial > familiarity with Linux in general (have played with a few distributions), > this is my first crack at Debian. > > This is what I get when I run startx: > > X: exec of /usr/bin/

Re: make a cd with the potato distribution

1999-02-18 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Patrice Grosperrin wrote: > I'm trying to take all files and directories of the > debian 1.2 (potato) which are in debian ftp. Potato is nowhere near a release yet, and when it will be released it will be with at least version number 2.2. > But I've a problem, the size o

/etc/hosts problem

1999-08-27 Thread Fredrik Ax
My problem is that the /etc/hosts files doesn't seem to be used when resolving hostnames. I'm runing Debian 2.1 r2 with Linux kernel 2.2.11 (downloaded recompiled source) glibc 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) libresolv 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) Here are some confi

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > 127.0.0.1 is the localhost ( your machine ). Unless > your machine is acting as the name server names will not be > secolved. You will have to get the name server from the network > administrator. I'm fully aware that 127.0.0.1 is the localhos

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Francois GELIS wrote: > With glibc2.x, isn't that configured in something > like /etc/nsswitch.conf instead of /etc/host.conf ? Yeap it is ... and that solved my problem. Thx a bunch ;-) /fax

Re: Netscape fails to automatically open ps, ram, ...

1998-03-03 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Fernando Tadeu C Brandt wrote: > > > Netscape is showing the following error box when I try to open > > postscripts, sound file, etc: > > > > sh: -c line 1: missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression > > sh: -c line 1: syntax error

Re: Running just an X-server

1998-03-05 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > I have a small Debian box running as a server in a small network > (NT/95). Until now I have done all configuration using a terminal > session from the client to the server (which does not have a > monitor). I would like to be able access my serve

Re: Dual Booting Win NT and Debian

1998-03-18 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Tristan Day wrote: > After going through the 'NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO,' I managed to dual > boot Linux and NT, but only using a boot floppy for Linux. Although I am > pleased that this time I installed Debian it didn't lock me out of NT, I > still want to dual-boot fr

Re: Linux SAMBA -> Win NT.

1998-03-23 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Toth Laszlo wrote: > Hi! > > > I have problems with it too. I have Service Pack 3. When I try logging in > with samba, I get this message: > > \\drama is not accessible > The account is not authorized to login from this station. Either you upgrade samba to support encrypte

Re: millenium 2

1998-03-26 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi, > > > i can't get my Matrox Millenium 2 running under X11. > > > > I'm using an old X-Server date : Jun 1997 > > > > I think that's the problem, but where can i get a new one ? > > Several places: > 1. ftp.XFree86.org and mirrors like ftp.kernel.

Re: Ooooh A new HDD!

1998-03-26 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > I have no idea how to split up my stuff... should I put /usr on it? or > what? I have no idea... My suggestion is that you put "/home" and/or "/usr/local" on the new disk. It's always nice to have this "non-debian" stuff on a seperate disk when upgra

Re: off-topic autofs permissions

1998-04-23 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: [SNIP] > /etc/fstab: > /dev/sda4/misc/zip vfat noexec,umask=0000 0 > (If you just had "defaults" before, you can just replace it with the > "umask=000" bit) > Then everyone will be able to write to /misc/zip. > Also, anyone will be ab

Netscape + Java + X 24 bpp

1998-04-20 Thread Fredrik Ax
System configuration: * Base: Debian 1.3.1 r6 (bo, libc5) * Kernel: version 2.0.30 * X: XFree86 3.3.1 (debian packages 3.3-4) with the S.u.S.E. XF86_SVGA server. * Gfx hw: Matrox Millenium II * Netscape: Communicator 4.04 pro (installed with the "netscape4_4.0-5.deb" package from hamm

Re: stuck with only 1 xterm in X

1998-04-21 Thread Fredrik Ax
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote: > a last question,does it possible in X to be logged on as several > user at once (you see,have 2 xterm logged as root,one as > alaint,etc...) See man-pages for: su, rsh, rlogin, ssh > after this is answered,i'll keep my mouth shut except when > answe

Debian 2.0

1998-02-11 Thread Fredrik Ax
Since I'm going to set up a couple of Linux hosts in the near future I wonder if there is a release date (fix or approximate) set for Debian 2.0? If not, how long will it maximum take before testing etc. is done? TIA /fax -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe

RE: Linux on top of win95

1998-02-20 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Sen Nagata wrote: [SNIP] > does anyone know whether there is something that can be used under w95 > or dos that will allow access to linux partitions? Peter van Sebille has written ext2 drivers for Win95. The driver is called FSDEXT2 and is at the present available in the in

Re: Debian Package Finder (DOH!)

1997-04-18 Thread Fredrik Ax
i.com/cgi-bin/joe/PFind.cgi?searchString=tetex&default=... change it to: http://hanoi.earthlight.co.nz/cgi-bin/joe/PFind.cgi?searchString=tetex... I hope this helps you find the bug! Regards /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+-- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|//

Re: new kernel to use with loadlin

1997-04-25 Thread Fredrik Ax
have recompiled the modules to otherwise you should run "make modules" and "make modules_install". And don't forget to run "depmod -a" once you have installed the modules. Hope this helps /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+--

Re: Help: eth0 is not being found

1997-05-04 Thread Fredrik Ax
On 3 May 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: [CUT] > I will be more than happy to add lines to this one-at-a-time if there > is a list of them somewhere. Heres your list: ls /lib/modules/kernelversion/net/*.o | cut -d. -f1 where kernelversion is something like 2.0.27 you can try running insmod

Re: Really good looking screen savers....

1997-05-07 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 7 May 1997, Sam Ockman wrote: > Anyone know of any really good looking screen-savers...something like > xlock, but that looks more like something Microsoft will have in Windows > 97? > Hmmm, screen-savers should be activated when there is no activity, in other words when no one is near th

Re: PLEASE HELP! debian apache package wiped my /etc/httpd!

1997-05-12 Thread Fredrik Ax
check for open files. Then you can check /proc/. "lsof" also gives you the inode number for the open file. From this information you should be able to write a "not so simple" program that fetches the superblock and extracts the file. There might even exists such a program? /fax --

Re: post news periodically, how?

1997-05-14 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 13 May 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to post the same news to newsgroups automatically > and periodically, say bi-weekly? > It sounds like a cron job to me, but why would you send the same news periodically ... I smell spam here :( /fax -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM TH

Re: Incomming mails..

1997-05-14 Thread Fredrik Ax
set up and working with /usr/mail/uid as mail folders and you want to keep it that way, but want to support the /var/spool/mail/uid location as well the easiest way to accomplish that would be to make a soft link: cd /var/spool ln -s /usr/mail Hope this is helps /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snail

tst pls ignore

1997-05-14 Thread Fredrik Ax
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Re: Form Debian 1.2 to Debian 1.3, How?

1997-05-26 Thread Fredrik Ax
a new config file is created. /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+-- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | @ @ | S-226 46 LUND, SWEDEN | WWW: http:/

Re: vfat drives and users

1997-05-28 Thread Fredrik Ax
will get an error message each time you try to change the access permissions (done e.g. during moving with mv) Hopes this helps, it solved all my problems, and is a solution that supports that some users have write permissions and others not. (The ones that are members of fat have) /fax -- +- Fredri

Re: DSELECT question

1997-06-03 Thread Fredrik Ax
have had NO problems with. I have a set of deb-packages on a zipdrive which I mount as vfat on /zipdrv and have a symlink to /zipdrv/debpack from /usr/local/ ... It works just great! /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen

Re: new kernel

1997-06-03 Thread Fredrik Ax
ed the kernal-source be sure to read /usr/src/linux/README other usefull information is available in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt (if you want to use modules that is) Tip: make menuconfig is nice, and have a easy-to-use built in help function (also availabel in make config) Good luc

Re: [META] Use of the list for non-Debian matters

1997-06-09 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, DANIEL STRINGFIELD wrote: > > I'm not personally thrilled with the high volume, but I wouldn't wan't to > make things not specific to debian (other than things like how to on > Redhat or something) to stop being supported. I think the list serves > well as a LINUX mailing list

Re: [META] Use of the list for non-Debian matters

1997-06-10 Thread Fredrik Ax
ts fortunatly do. The best alternative would therefore be to match the added header instead: :0:/home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user.lock * ^X-Mailing-List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|//

Re: [META] Use of the list for non-Debian matters (fwd)

1997-06-10 Thread Fredrik Ax
ue, 10 Jun 1997, Fredrik Ax wrote: > :0:/home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user.lock > * ^X-Mailing-List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user > But I still think it's better to filter on the "X-Mailing-List" header. There are after all, methods of sending

Re: Problem getting German Umlaute

1997-06-10 Thread Fredrik Ax
(Finish, Danish, German) ... > echo $version tcsh 6.06.00 (Cornell) 1995-05-13 (i386-unknown-linux) options 8b,nls,bye,al,sm,nd any idea? /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Fredrik Ax
On 12 Sep 1997, Dale Martin wrote: > Leszek Gerwatowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as > recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any > thoughts on those? > I'm using an EtherExpress 100 together with Linux.

Re: Linux in Wired

1997-08-28 Thread Fredik Ax
obably find a couple of applications that run on windoze plattforms only, if you look hard enough, but I haven't had the need to use any application that haven't got an equivalence running on Linux. ( Heck you could do most things that you can in windoze and alot that you can't e

Re: Linux in Wired (fwd)

1997-08-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:45:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Fredrik Ax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Linux in Wired On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Fredik Ax wrote: > > > I

Re: ZIP drive

1997-09-02 Thread Fredik Ax
In article , you wrote: > On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Michael Harnois wrote: > > Milos Prudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Could someone help me with the installation of parallel version of > > > iomega ZIP under Debian Linux? I do not know where to start... > All you have to do is to compile the mod